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Vedika stared with unflinching eyes as Jason's fist came towards her, ready for the hit.  It was a few seconds after the non-impact that she blinked in mild confusion and looked down at his outstretched palm.  [i]Ah, this is that thing boys do[/i] Vedika thought to herself.  She reciprocated incorrectly by giving Jason a light finger high-five, the kind that usually leads to a fist-bump followed by any manner of weird secret handshake-type rituals, though Vedika left it at just the fingers. Sitting back down, and saying bye to Paulina who had just left to see actually socialize at the social, Vedika said, "Jason, is it?  Knowing the kinds of people you're likely to find in this school, you must be pretty brave to run to someone's aid like that.  What is it you can do that gives you that kind of confidence?" It was maybe a bit out of character for Vedika to be asking this, but perhaps some of Paulina's curiosity and desire to learn and experiment on all the students' powers was rubbing off on Vedika.


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[i]What kind of ability gives me confidence? I never thought of it like that. It wouldn't matter if I had no power, I still would have done something.[/i]

"I'm not that special" he replied. " I would have helped her out regardless of any kind of ability." Jason wondered if he would have become the same person he is without his powers. He had trained his body to peak performance, so he wouldn't have to rely on them. However his athletic ability was nothing supernatural. His cognitive acceleration on the other hand...

"You really wanna know what I can do?" He asked. "I'll show you. Try to punch me, knock my teeth out, just go for it." He said with a grin. He prepared to hyper focus, and waited in anticipation.
[@Stern Algorithm]